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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at Bethesda Hospital East

2815 SOUTH SEACREST BOULEVARD, BOYNTON BEACH, FL · Baptist Health South Florida · · NPI 1417952748

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 30, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$2,163.85

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$3,329.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$104.70 with WELLCARE vs $3,329.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $104.70 ↓ -95%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $104.70 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $104.70 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $104.70 ↓ -95%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $104.70 ↓ -95%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $104.70 ↓ -95%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $109.94 ↓ -95%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $109.94 ↓ -95%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $109.94 ↓ -95%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $115.17 ↓ -95%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $249.17 ↓ -88%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $249.17 ↓ -88%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $249.17 ↓ -88%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $249.17 ↓ -88%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $249.17 ↓ -88%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $249.17 ↓ -88%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $254.15 ↓ -88%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $259.13 ↓ -88%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $259.13 ↓ -88%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $261.63 ↓ -88%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $274.08 ↓ -87%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $279.07 ↓ -87%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $321.43 ↓ -85%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $336.38 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $379.00 ↓ -82%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $390.00 ↓ -82%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $390.00 ↓ -82%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $390.00 ↓ -82%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $432.00 ↓ -80%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $494.00 ↓ -77%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PHS CAH $529.00 ↓ -76%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $669.13 ↓ -69%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $669.13 ↓ -69%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $669.13 ↓ -69%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $938.78 ↓ -57%
AETNA AETNA HMO $938.78 ↓ -57%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $1,031.99 ↓ -52%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $1,134.00 ↓ -48%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $1,134.00 ↓ -48%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $1,134.00 ↓ -48%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $1,134.00 ↓ -48%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $1,185.12 ↓ -45%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $1,221.74 ↓ -44%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $1,281.67 ↓ -41%
AVMED AVMED HMO $1,281.67 ↓ -41%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $1,498.05 ↓ -31%
AVMED AVMED PPO $1,644.53 ↓ -24%
AETNA AETNA PPO $1,777.69 ↓ -18%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $2,163.85 ↑ +0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $2,163.85 ↑ +0%
PHCS PHCS $2,996.10 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $2,996.10 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $2,996.10 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $3,329.00 ↑ +54%

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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,358.50 $25.29 – $1,477.30
martin north hospital Stuart $1,358.50 $22.62 – $869.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $1,129.70 $100.02 – $1,390.40
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $2,165.80 $104.70 – $2,996.10
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $1,940.25 $244.69 – $1,949.21
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $2,163.85 $101.50 – $2,996.10
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $2,165.80 $101.50 – $2,996.10
Fishermens Community Hospital MARATHON $2,163.85 $101.50 – $2,996.10

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